He added: "I hope they will be lions now. Be together, help each other with our crowd behind us.

"The qualities of Manchester is better than us but I wanted more concentration, aggression and everything. The second half was much better and I want to follow this way. Play hard, play quickly, try to score.

"Sooner or later we will make the first clean sheet, and I hope sooner rather than later.

"The Christmas period is important for us because we are bottom of the table and I hope by the end of this period we are a little better."

Fulham will have to face West Ham without Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa after his red card at Old Trafford.

Maxime Le Marchand is still injured but Calum Chambers, Floyd Ayite and Kevin McDonald are available.